Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa
Water allocation to cities, industries and agriculture is a common part of river basin management. However, allocation of water to the environment is receiving progressively more recognition. The term environmental flows is generally used to refer to a flow regime designed to maintain a river in som...
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| author | Bharati, Luna Eriyagama, Nishadi |
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| description | Water allocation to cities, industries and agriculture is a common part of river basin management. However, allocation of water to the environment is receiving progressively more recognition. The term environmental flows is generally used to refer to a flow regime designed to maintain a river in some agreed ecological condition. This report examines a desktop hydrology-based environmental flow assessment method and it's applicability in river basin management. The method and its corresponding software package are first described. This is followed by a case study from Volta River Basin, Ghana, where this method was used to calculate environmental flows. The environmental flows calculations are being proposed to be integrated into the water allocation framework, which is being developed under the Glowa Volta Project. |
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| spelling | CGSpace399962025-03-11T09:50:20Z Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa Bharati, Luna Eriyagama, Nishadi river basin management hydrology ecology flow assessment water allocation environmental management development projects Water allocation to cities, industries and agriculture is a common part of river basin management. However, allocation of water to the environment is receiving progressively more recognition. The term environmental flows is generally used to refer to a flow regime designed to maintain a river in some agreed ecological condition. This report examines a desktop hydrology-based environmental flow assessment method and it's applicability in river basin management. The method and its corresponding software package are first described. This is followed by a case study from Volta River Basin, Ghana, where this method was used to calculate environmental flows. The environmental flows calculations are being proposed to be integrated into the water allocation framework, which is being developed under the Glowa Volta Project. 2008 2014-06-13T14:29:50Z 2014-06-13T14:29:50Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39996 en Limited Access Bharati, Luna; Eriyagama, Nishadi. 2008. Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa. Consultancy report prepared for the Glowa Volta Project, Center for Development Research, University of Bonn (ZEF), Bonn, Germany. 12p. |
| spellingShingle | river basin management hydrology ecology flow assessment water allocation environmental management development projects Bharati, Luna Eriyagama, Nishadi Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title | Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title_full | Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title_short | Calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the Volta Basin, West Africa |
| title_sort | calculation of environmental flows within the major tributaries of the volta basin west africa |
| topic | river basin management hydrology ecology flow assessment water allocation environmental management development projects |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39996 |
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